Charge making final roster decisions

Thursday

Nov 21, 2013 at 12:43 AM

Finalizing the Charge roster might not mean anyone is sent packing. Head coach Steve Hetzell and his staff have until 5 p.m., today to submit a 10-man regular season roster to the D-League. The Charge currently have 12 players.

BY Josh WeirRepository sports writer

Finalizing the Charge roster might not mean anyone is sent packing.

Head coach Steve Hetzell and his staff have until 5 p.m., today to submit a 10-man regular season roster to the D-League. The Charge currently have 12 players.

Canton can carry two players on the inactive list. Veteran guard Robert Hite seems a likely candidate for it as he missed another practice Wednesday because of a hamstring injury.

Forward Gilbert Brown, also battling a hamstring problem, went through half of Wednesday’s practice at Edgewood Community Center, Hetzell said. It was the first full-go action he has seen in 10 days, and, by the sound of it, he looked like a guy who hadn’t played in a week and a half.

Point guard Re’mon Nelson might be headed for the inactive list if Brown can go in Friday’s season opener at Erie. Hetzell said Wednesday he intends for Brown, the second of Canton’s two first-round draft picks, to make the trip to Erie.

The Charge will re-evaluate the situation after today’s practice.

The 5-foot-9 Nelson, the only open-tryout player in training camp, has impressed. But a third point guard on a roster in which only 10 players can be active seems a bit excessive. Canton already has point guards Jorge Gutierrez and Bo Spencer — Canton’s other first rounder.

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